Chapitre 1
The Canadian Tale
Chapitre 2
Go Greek!
Chapitre 3
Is It a Man’s World?
Chapitre 4
The Roaring Twenties
Chapitre 5
A Camera of Her Own
Chapitre 6
A Never-Ending (Hi)story?
Chapitre A
Conscious Art
Chapitre 7
To Tweet or Not to Tweet?
Chapitre B
Digital Passports at Risk...
Chapitre C
May I Borrow This?
Chapitre 8
Chivalry Isn’t Dead!
Chapitre 9
It’s GoT to Be Shakespeare!
Chapitre 10
Breaking the Code
Chapitre 11
Green Waves
Chapitre D
To Infinity and Beyond!
Chapitre 12
Multicultural New Zealand
Chapitre 13
Black Lives Matter
Chapitre 14
Lighting Up Africa
Chapitre 15
American Vibes
Chapitre Méthode
Méthode : Les épreuves de Terminale
And yet...
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1) This document is a
2) It statistics about Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people.
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| Category | More Aboriginal people | More non-Aboriginal people |
|---|---|---|
| Prison population | ||
| Employment rate | ||
| Post secondary education | ||
| Recent victims of violent crime | ||
| Heavy drinking | ||
| Daily smoking |
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The protesters in northern British Columbia
had camped out for days amid bitter cold and deep
snow, manning a checkpoint to prevent
construction vehicles from entering the territory
of the Wet’suwet’en nation. […]
But the dramatic scenes highlighted a broader issue for Canada in 2019: swaths of territory – never signed away by treaty or seized in war – still belong to indigenous nations who are fighting back against resource projects they say they never consented to.
Unlike the rest of the country – where relationships between indigenous groups and the state are governed by treaties – few indigenous nations in British Columbia ever signed deals with colonial authorities, meaning the federal government still operates in a vacuum of authority on their lands, said Gordon Christie, a scholar of indigenous law at the University of British Columbia.“What I see is a long history of the Canadian government doing its best to avoid acknowledging the existence of other systems of government,” he said. […]
In recent months, tensions with indigenous peoples have flared across Canada as energy companies seek to construct projects on and through indigenous lands. Both TransCanada, which is attempting to build the Coastal GasLink pipeline and Kinder Morgan, which was pushing the TransMountain pipeline, have faced fierce opposition from indigenous groups.
But the dramatic scenes highlighted a broader issue for Canada in 2019: swaths of territory – never signed away by treaty or seized in war – still belong to indigenous nations who are fighting back against resource projects they say they never consented to.
Unlike the rest of the country – where relationships between indigenous groups and the state are governed by treaties – few indigenous nations in British Columbia ever signed deals with colonial authorities, meaning the federal government still operates in a vacuum of authority on their lands, said Gordon Christie, a scholar of indigenous law at the University of British Columbia.“What I see is a long history of the Canadian government doing its best to avoid acknowledging the existence of other systems of government,” he said. […]
In recent months, tensions with indigenous peoples have flared across Canada as energy companies seek to construct projects on and through indigenous lands. Both TransCanada, which is attempting to build the Coastal GasLink pipeline and Kinder Morgan, which was pushing the TransMountain pipeline, have faced fierce opposition from indigenous groups.
“Pipeline battle puts focus on Canada’s disputed right to use
indigenous land”, Leyland Cecco, The Guardian, 2019.
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1) work at (v.) ➜
2) area, part (n.) ➜
3) accept (v.) ➜
4) absence (n.) ➜
5) professor (n.) ➜
6) recognize (v.) ➜
7) explode, break out (v.) ➜
8) try (v.) ➜
9) strong (adj.) ➜
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1) Indigenous peoples camp out in the cold and snow for fun.
2) Some companies are trying to build pipelines on land that belongs to Indigenous peoples without their consent.
3) Indigenous peoples own land only in British Columbia.
4) There is no law for Canada to decide how to deal with indigenous land where colonial treaties were not signed.
5) There are tensions over the pipeline projects throughout Canada.
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B2Group 3
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1) Indigenous children were not separated from other family members.
2) Being in a residential school had a severe impact on the children’s health.
3) Canada did nothing to make up for the harm done to Indigenous peoples.
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MEDIATION
Groups 1, 2 & 3
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